At this point, Circe is so disillusioned that she turns the men into pigs before they even do anything wrong. She, like so many of her family members, perpetuates the cycle of violence and abuse, pitilessly transforming the men simply to show off her own power. She uses her power to make other people suffer so that she can feel in control, which is exactly what her family members do. For example, this is what Pasiphaë did with her magic when she turned Minos’s semen into poisonous creatures that killed the girls he raped in front of her. By transforming all the men who arrive on her island, Circe also further isolates herself. In this way, men’s attacks on women lead to their alienation.